The effect of sertindole on QTD and TPTE

J Nielsen, M P Andersen, Claus Graff, Jørgen K. Kanters, Thomas Bork Hardahl, J Dybbro, Johannes J. Struijk, J M Meyer, E Toft

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Abstract

Recent research suggests that other surrogate markers than QTc, including QTc dispersion and Tpeak-Tend, may better correlate with cardiac arrhythmia risk. While sertindole significantly prolongs the QTc interval, the effects on other markers of arrhythmia risk, such as QTc dispersion and Tpeak-Tend are unknown.
Original languageEnglish
Book seriesActa Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Supplementum
Volume121
Issue number5
Pages (from-to)385-8
Number of pages4
ISSN0065-1591
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2010

Keywords

  • Adult
  • Antipsychotic Agents
  • Denmark
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Rate
  • Humans
  • Imidazoles
  • Indoles
  • Long QT Syndrome
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prospective Studies
  • Safety-Based Drug Withdrawals
  • Schizophrenia
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Torsades de Pointes

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